I've never understood why Race Directors didn't make drivers bring their BRCA membership cards to race control, when booking in.
Saves any problems. You've seen it and verified it for that driver on the day.
It's not that difficult to put the BRCA card beside your money; in a wallet for instance!
If you wanted to fly in a plane, you need a ticket. And a passport.
So I'd make it no card - no race. If you lose it, go get a new one from the BRCA. The Race Director could make exceptions, but it's solely at their decision - after all, it's the club that's responsible if a driver isn't a BRCA member, and they let them race.
And if drivers got
just a tiny bit smarter they might put a sticker on the back of it, with their transponder number(s) and/or crystals.
That would help with booking-in.
Pet hate when booking in is people who don't bother to bring the basic info needed to race, to race control. Oh, they'll have all the latest "shiny-shiny", but not have a clue what their transponder number is. FFS!
So if they got a sharpie, and wrote the bloody number on the back of the BRCA card, problem solved.
While I'm at it, I'd make them hand over the right money too. Race Control is exactly that. Race Control. It's not a shop and it doesn't have a till with a "float".
So I'd propose the following:
- BRCA Card mandatory and presented to Race Control at every meeting
- Transponder number known, not guessed! It's the driver's responsibility to make sure the right number is in the computer. They can see it when they book in.
- And they bring the correct money. No change given.
And if these three criteria aren't met when they get to the front of the cue, they get sent to the back to get it sorted, and let the rest of the drivers, who give a damn, get back to practice...